The Cold War's Odd Couple - The Unintended Partnership between Republic of China UK, 1950 1958

Informationen zum Autor Steve Tsang is Louis Cha Fellow and University Reader in Politics at St Antony's College! Oxford University. He served as Director of the Asian Studies Centre at Oxford from 1997 to 2003 and is the author of A Modern History of Hong Kong and Hong Kong: An Appointment with China! both published by I.B.Tauris. Klappentext The relationship between the US and the People's Republic of China was the defining factor in the Cold War in Asia--the potentially explosive conflict which! as seen in the Korean War! brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster. The PRC had not become "Titoist" as some hoped and remained firmly within the Soviet international orbit. But how did Great Britain and the Republic of China fit into this potentially lethal global jigsaw? Steve Tsang has illuminated the history of a seemingly obscure corner of international relations and politics but which was! to contemporaries! at the heart of global survival. Covers the history of a seemingly obscure corner of international relations and politics but which was, to contempories, at the heart of global survival. This book is based on research in ancient Chinese and English sources. Zusammenfassung Covers the history of a seemingly obscure corner of international relations and politics but which was, to contempories, at the heart of global survival. This book is based on research in ancient Chinese and English sources.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Tsang, Steve Yui-Sang Tsang, Steven Tsang
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2005
• EAN: 9781850438427
• ISBN: 978-1-85043-842-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Library of International Relations; Library of International Relat; Library of International Relat; Library of International Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous